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PEOPLE v. STARR

Docket No. 107013, Calendar No. 5.

577 N.W.2d 673 (1998)

457 Mich. 490

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Malcolm Richard STARR, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Brian L. Mackie, Prosecuting Attorney, and Lenore M. Ferber, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Ann Arbor, for People.

Daniel J. Rust, Redford, for defendant.

William A. Forsyth, President, and Timothy K. McMorrow, Chief Appellate Attorney, Grand Rapids amicus curiae, for Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.

Opinion

WEAVER, Justice.

We granted leave to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in admitting testimony by defendant's younger half-sister that he had abused her before abusing the victim in this case, his minor adopted daughter. The Court of Appeals found that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting such testimony.1 We disagree and find that there was no abuse of discretion. People v. VanderVliet...

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